Fred Lyon Art

American, b. 1927

Known as “San Francisco’s Brassa,” Fred Lyon is a San Francisco native whose photographs have appeared in magazines such as Life, Look, Sports Illustrated, and Vogue. Lyon studied with Ansel Adams, and his photographs over the years have included news, fashion, advertising, and jazz. He’s photographed Billie Holiday and Sonny Rollins as well as dock workers, kids playing on the city’s famously steep Kearny Street, and fishermen in Sausalito. He has explored every corner of his hometown over the years, including photographing bridge painters touching up the Golden Gate Bridge, graphic black-and-white photographs of the city’s neighborhoods and architecture, and images of San Francisco at night.

Artist: Fred Lyon

Fred LyonFoggy Night, Land's End, San Francisco, CA, 1953

$10,000

Foggy Night, Land's End, San Francisco, CA

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Lyon has been called "San Francisco's Brassaï," and has also been compared to Cartier-Bresson, Atget, and Andre Kertesz, but with a San Francisco twist. The lifelong San Francisco Native happily admits his debt to those icons.   Now at eighty-eight years old, his nonstop career reaches back to the early 1940s and embracing news, fashion, architecture, advertising, and food. In the golden years of magazines, his picture credits were everywhere from LIFE to VOGUE. He is now combining his extensive picture files for galleries, publishers, and print collectors. c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery

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1950s Fred Lyon Art

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Silver Gelatin

Fred LyonSan Francisco Ballet Backstage, 1957

$5,000

San Francisco Ballet Backstage

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso (c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery

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1950s Fred Lyon Art

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Silver Gelatin

Fred LyonSan Francisco. 'Seagull over Golden Gate Bridge, 1950s'. Book & Signed Print, 2022

$1,500

San Francisco. 'Seagull over Golden Gate Bridge, 1950s'. Book & Signed Print

By Fred Lyon

Located in Los Angeles, CA

An epic pictorial history of the City by the Bay Starting with an early picture of a gang of badass gold prospectors who put this beautiful Northern California city on the map, this ambitious and immersive photographic history of San Francisco takes a winding tour through the city from the mid–nineteeth century to the present day. Enjoy eye-catching views of the city’s most enduring landmarks and symbols: the Golden Gate Bridge, Chinatown, the picturesque trams that wind up and down the famously steep hills, the popular waterfront, its beautiful bay, and its spectacular cityscapes and vistas. San Francisco’s counterculture movements that shaped our collective consciousness are also featured prominently: the beats of North Beach, the hippies of Haight-Ashbury, the gay communities of Castro, and the Black Panthers of neighboring Oakland. Some of the city’s most famous residents also make appearances: Robin Williams, The Grateful Dead, Angela Davis...

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Mid-20th Century Fred Lyon Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital, Digital Pigment

Fred LyonTelegraph Hill, Top of Union Street, c. 1950

$7,500

Telegraph Hill, Top of Union Street

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso (c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery

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1950s Fred Lyon Art

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Silver Gelatin

Fred LyonHuntington Hotel, 1958

$7,500

Huntington Hotel

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso (c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery

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1950s Fred Lyon Art

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Silver Gelatin

Fred LyonJones and O'Farrell Street Line, 1946

$5,000

Jones and O'Farrell Street Line

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso (c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery

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1950s Fred Lyon Art

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Silver Gelatin

Fred LyonFog Along Embarcadero, 1948

$5,000

Fog Along Embarcadero

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso (c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery

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1950s Fred Lyon Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Richard HeepsAcademic Books, Hanoi - Multi-color Asian Photography, 2016

$676

H 30.32 in W 30.32 in D 1.97 in

Academic Books, Hanoi - Multi-color Asian Photography

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Shot in Hanoi in 2016, there are so many beautiful elements to this piece. The lines, the tone and the abstract nature of the books allowing you to make it your own bookcase. This a...

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2010s Contemporary Fred Lyon Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Douglas Juleff - Doug of DetroitDOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1940s Photograph of "Beefcake" model MIKE DUBEL #8, 1949

$950

H 8 in W 10 in D 0.07 in

DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1940s Photograph of "Beefcake" model MIKE DUBEL #8

Located in Glenford, NY

Rare 1940s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of bodybuilder and Mr. America contender MIKE DUBEL. Dubel competed in the 1...

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1940s Post-War Fred Lyon Art

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Silver Gelatin

Richard HeepsBlack and White Photography Set of Nine, 2000-2021

$7,377

H 94.49 in W 94.49 in D 1.97 in

Black and White Photography Set of Nine

By Richard Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

A set of nine black and white photographs by Richard Heeps. They can be hung in a grid, or spaced out throughout your interior. Richard Heeps, primarily known as a colour photographe...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Fred Lyon Art

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Heidler & HeepsTape Collection, AILA Blue - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography, 2021

$683

H 27.56 in W 40.16 in D 0.04 in

Tape Collection, AILA Blue - Contemporary Pop Art Color Photography

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

AILA Blue, from the Heidler & Heeps Tape Collection - The B Sides. The Heidler & Heeps collaborations are creative representations of Natasha Heidler and Richard Heeps’, personal pas...

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2010s Contemporary Fred Lyon Art

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Edwin TownsendEDWIN TOWNSEND RARE 1930s VINTAGE MALE NUDE PHOTOGRAPH OF JACK FONTAINE, 1930s

$2,200

H 9.63 in W 7.63 in D 0.07 in

EDWIN TOWNSEND RARE 1930s VINTAGE MALE NUDE PHOTOGRAPH OF JACK FONTAINE

Located in Glenford, NY

Edwin F. Townsend rare early vintage original gelatin silver photograph of model Jack Fontaine circa 1930s. Jack Fontaine was a recognized model who worked with Edwin F. Townsend du...

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1930s Fred Lyon Art

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Silver Gelatin

Anouk KrantzAmerican West by Anouk Krantz 2021, 2021

$10,000

H 40 in W 60 in

American West by Anouk Krantz 2021

By Anouk Krantz

Located in Chicago, IL

American West (B&W) 2021 ARCHIVAL PIGMENT PRINT Unframed Sizes: 40 x 60 in (101.6 x 152.4 cm) - Edition of 10 + 2 AP (Artist Proofs) SILVER GELATIN PRINT Unframed Size: 11.3 x 17 i...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Fred Lyon Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin

Rene PeñaBlack and White Photography by Cuban Photographer René Peña, Self Portrait, 1994

$4,000Sale Price|20% Off

H 31.5 in W 44.1 in

Black and White Photography by Cuban Photographer René Peña, Self Portrait

By Rene Peña

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Limited Edition Series. Black and White Photography by Cuban Photographer René Peña, Self Portrait René Peña (Rene de Jesus Pena Gonzalez) is a self-taught photographer born in Hava...

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1990s Contemporary Fred Lyon Art

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Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Bon JaneLe Cirque I, Contemporary Photograph by Bon Jane, 2010-

$3,200

H 20 in W 16 in

Le Cirque I, Contemporary Photograph by Bon Jane

By Bon Jane

Located in Long Island City, NY

Bon Jane - Le Cirque I, Year: 2020, Medium: Photograph, Edition: 1/10, Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm), Description: A black and white photograph by the artist Bon Jane feat...

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2010s Contemporary Fred Lyon Art

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Silver Gelatin

Andy WarholAndy Warhol and a Male Model, 1982

$30,000

H 8 in W 10 in

Andy Warhol and a Male Model

By Andy Warhol

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

This is a unique photographic work taken under the direction of Andy Warhol. Image dimensions: 8 x 10 in. Framed dimensions: 16 x 18 in. Work comes with an authentication letter from the Andy Warhol Authentication Board, Inc. Stamped on verso by the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. Provenance: Estate of the Artist to The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to Hedges Projects...

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1980s Pop Art Fred Lyon Art

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Silver Gelatin

Richard KaganApple Peeler, 2005

$2,000

H 20 in W 16 in

Apple Peeler

By Richard Kagan

Located in Westwood, NJ

Richard Kagan, born in Philadelphia, followed a circuitous path to become a photographer. Beginning with street photography using a meterless Asahi Pentax as a student at Temple Univ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Fred Lyon Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Heidler & HeepsB Side Vinyl Collection - Six Piece Set - Pop art colour photography, 2014-2017

$4,918

H 63 in W 96.46 in D 1.97 in

B Side Vinyl Collection - Six Piece Set - Pop art colour photography

By Heidler & Heeps

Located in Cambridge, GB

Heidler & Heeps B Side Vinyl Collection Six Piece Set. Acclaimed contemporary photographers, Richard Heeps and Natasha Heidler have collaborated to make this beautifully mesmeris...

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2010s Pop Art Fred Lyon Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin

Alec ByrneBob Marley 1972 portrait by Alec Byrne, 1972

$1,200

H 20 in W 16 in

Bob Marley 1972 portrait by Alec Byrne

By Alec Byrne

Located in Austin, TX

Signed limited edition, silver print of Bob Marley, taken in the recording studio during the "I Can See Clearly Now" sessions with Johnny Nash, 1972 Alec Byrne signed limited editio...

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Late 20th Century Photorealist Fred Lyon Art

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Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin

Previously Available Items

Fred LyonSan Francisco. 'Union Square, Post Street, 1947'. Signed, Black & White Print, 2022

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H 20 in W 16 in

San Francisco. 'Union Square, Post Street, 1947'. Signed, Black & White Print

By Fred Lyon

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Category

Mid-20th Century Fred Lyon Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Digital, Digital Pigment

Fred LyonOpening Night at the Opera, San Francisco, 1949

Sold

H 24 in W 20 in

Opening Night at the Opera, San Francisco

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Lyon has been called "San Francisco's Brassaï," and has also been compared to Cartier-Bresson, Atget, and Andre Kertesz, but with a San Francisco twist. The lifelong San Francisco Na...

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1940s Fred Lyon Art

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Silver Gelatin

Fred LyonCable Car Line, San Francisco, 1959

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H 14 in W 11 in

Cable Car Line, San Francisco

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Lyon has been called "San Francisco's Brassaï," and has also been compared to Cartier-Bresson, Atget, and Andre Kertesz, but with a San Francisco twist. The lifelong San Francisco Na...

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1950s Fred Lyon Art

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Silver Gelatin

Fred LyonRichard Diebenkorn, 1958

Sold

H 20 in W 16 in

Richard Diebenkorn

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

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Fred Lyon Art

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Silver Gelatin

Fred LyonOpening Night at the Opera, San Francisco, 1949

Sold

H 20 in W 16 in

Opening Night at the Opera, San Francisco

By Fred Lyon

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Opening Night at the Opera, San Francisco 1949 Gelatin Silver print Signed & titled in pencil on verso. 16 x 20 inches. Matted to 20 x 24 inches. Additional sizes available.

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1940s Fred Lyon Art

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Silver Gelatin

Fred Lyon art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Fred Lyon art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Fred Lyon in silver gelatin print, archival paper, digital pigment print and more. Not every interior allows for large Fred Lyon art, so small editions measuring 11 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Ida Lansky, Harold Feinstein, and Ezra Stoller. Fred Lyon art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,500 and tops out at $10,000, while the average work can sell for $7,500.